Improvement in picket-fence



dntell gtatr H. N. I-IILL', QF PONTIAC, MICHIGAN.

Letters Patent No. 94,824, dated September le, 1869.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, H. N. HILL, of Pontiac, in the county ot' Oakland, and State of Michigan, have invented a new and improved Picket-Fence and I do 'hereby declare that the following is a i'ull, clear, and

exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same,'reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure l represents a side elevation'of my improved picket-fence.

Figure 2 is a top view ofthe same.

Figure 3 is a detail plan view of a small coupling rail.

Similar letters ot' reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to a new picket-fence, which is so constructed that it can be easily and cheaply made, and that it will be strong and durable.

It consists, first, in making the several pickets A A prismatic in the middle, and rounded at -the ends, s0 that thereby shoulders, a a., arc formed on them, to hold the rails B B in place. The pickets, being thus rounded at the ends, are easily fitted through lthe rails, and the holes in the latter are made easierthan polygonal holes for square-ended pickets.

The invention also consists in connecting the various sections of fence by short rails, C C, which are perforated to be fitted upon the projecting picket-ends of two adjoining sections on the outer sides. of both rails, as is clearly shown in the drawing. Thereby a cheap and reliable connection is producethand the rails are retained in line.

By having such coupling rails C with but two aper- Atures, as in iig. 3, the sections can be set at any angle desired.

Another advantage of my improved construction of fence is the adaptability of the s'ame to maintain' itself .in a perfectly rigid and erect position, with the use of an extremely limited number of posts, since the coupling pieces have perforations which allow them to he fitted on at least two pickets of' each section.

Still-another advantage is seen in the fact that by removing the coupling pieces at any point in a line of fence, and adjusting the pieces on the opposite end of one of the two meeting sections, so that only the en, d picket shall be fitted through said pieces, the section referred to will operate as a gate, which may, it' desired, be locked by the use of but one coupling-piece;

Byslightly enlarging (t. e., elongating,) the hole in the coupling pieces, and arranging one or both lso that only the end picket of one of the sections shall be fitted in it or them, the fencesections will adapt themselves to the uudulations ot` ground-surface,,while maintaining the same rigid and vertical position.

The cheapness, strength, lightness, and portability of my fence, taken ,with its adapt-ability to perform the other functions referred to, must commend it to general notice and use.

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The improved fence, formed of sections, consisting of' rails B, and tlie pickets A, having prismat-ic central portions, and cylindrical ends, said sections being con.

nected by the coupling rails C C, litted on three of the Apickets of one section and one of the other, or on two pickets of each, as herein shown and described, for the purposes specified.

H. N. HILL.

lVitnesses:

A. NV. BURTT, FRED. S. STEWART. 

